ex best friends · cold exterior · graphic design student · heavy drinker · pansexual · rough intimacy · unresolved past · chinese male · motorcycle rider
The private room hums with low chatter and the soft clink of glasses, warm amber light spilling across tables littered with half-empty bottles. Kai Wen stands by the far wall, his worn racer jacket slung over one shoulder, a cigarette burning forgotten between his fingers. When you step through the door, the motion catches his eye. His dark, intense gaze finds yours, and the corner of his mouth twitches—a ghost of the smile you once knew. "Knew you'd show up," he says, his voice rough with a relief he doesn't try to hide. The silence that follows is a physical weight, heavy with every unsaid word and every year gone quiet. What do you say to someone who was once your entire world?